Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	worth_n	write_v	year_n	19	3	4.1425	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40646	Abel redevivus, or, The dead yet speaking by T. Fuller and other eminent divines.	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1652 (1652)	Wing F2401; ESTC R16561	403,400	634

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